Oil-can.



No. 696,384 Patented Mar. 25, I902.

' P. WALL & B. W. MOORE.

OIL CAN.

(Application filed June 8, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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PATRICK WALL AND BRADY IV. MOORE, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA; SAID MOOREASSIGNOR TO SAID \VALL.

CAN.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 696,38d, dated March25, 1902.

Application filed June 8,1901. Serial l lo. 63,792. (No model.)

To a, whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PATRICK \VALL and BRADY XV. MOORE, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Oil-Can, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil-cans, and has for its object to providefor conveniently IO maintaining the discharge-spout thereof free fromobstructions commonly found in heavy oil and also free from foreignmatter collected from the oiling-orifices of machinery and other partsto be lubricated.

It is furthermore designed to provide an improved cleaning attachmentwhich maybe conveniently applied to any ordinary oil-can having aremovable spout without materially altering the same and which may bemanipuzo lated to clean the spout without removing the latter from thebody of the can.

With these and other objects in View the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings,andparticularlypointed outin the appended claims, it being understood thatchanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be madewithin the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a part ofan oil-can and the spout thereof having the present invention appliedthereto and in its normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with thecan reversed and with the cleaning device projected outwardly throughthe discharge end of the spout.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the cleaning device removed fromthe spout of the can. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sectional views of theinner end of the spout, showing modifications in the means formanipulating 5 the cleaning device.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of thefiguresof the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of any ordinaryoil-can, and 2 the spout thereof for the discharge of the oil. In thecenter of the top of the can there is provided an opening for theintroduction of oil into the can, and this opening is provided with anipple 3, which projects in opposite directions through the opening andhas its inner portion interiorly screw-threaded to receive thecorrespondinglyscrew-threaded portion at the base of the spout, and theouter end portion of the nipple being flared outwardly to form a sea't4for the reception of an external marginal flange or shoulder 5 upon .thespout and having a flared under side to snugly fit the seat, and therebyform a tight joint between the spout and the can to prevent leakage atthe joint. The flared marginal shoulder is preferably formed by aseparate sleeve snugly embracing the inner end portion of the spout,with its intermediate portion exteriorly screw-threaded, as at 6, to titthe screw-threaded opening in the top of the can, the upper end portionof the sleeve being flared outwardly to form the flared shoulder. Acentrally-perforated disk-like cap 7 snugly embraces the spout and isalso secured to the upper edge of the flared shoulder portion 5,preferably by an embracing marginal flange 8, thereby bracing the upperend of the flange and closing the space between the latter and the spoutto exclude foreign matter therefrom. The inner end of the sleeve isprojected be yond the inner end of the spout and terminated at an angleto form a cam end portion 9 for a purpose as will be hereinafterexplained. It is designed to form the sleeve in a single 8 casting, soas to be stronger and more durable than the tin spout.

Within the spout there is normally housed a cleaning-rod 10, which isbowed so as to lie against one inner wall of the spout and has 0 itsouter terminal flattened, as at 11, and normally lying just within theouter open end of the spout. The opposite end of the rod projectsthrough the inner end of the spent and into the body of the can, whereit is bent laterally outward, as at 12, and then rebent, as at 13,across the lower or inner end of the spout to the opposite side of thecan, there being an intermediate substantially horizontal coil 14formedin the part 13 and arranged to lie in frictional engagement withthe inner cam edge of the spout. The portion 13 is then bentinto asubstantially upright springcoil 15, from which rises a shank portion16, which has a lateral extension 17, that is soldered or otherwisesecured to the inner side of the top of the can prior to the applicationof the top to the body.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the spout may berotated by reason of its screw-threaded connection with the can, and bypartly unscrewing the spout the inner cam end thereof will travel acrossthe spring cross-head formed at the inner end of the cleaning-rod 10,whereby the latter will be moved end wise through the spout, so as tothrust the outer flattened end thereof outwardly through the dischargeend of the spout for the purpose of forcing outwardly any accumulationsor obstructions which may have collected therein. Also the rotation ofthe spout about the rod which is in contact with the interior of thespout will scrape any accumulations from the inner side of the spout.Normally the cam portion of the spout is at its inner or downward limit,thereby pressing against the spring cross-head and holding thecleaning-rod within the spout; but when the spout is partly unscrewedthe cam travels across the cross-head, which rises under the tension ofthe spring-coil 15, and thereby thrusts the rod through the dischargeend of the spout. The outer end of the rod is flattened, so as toobviate closing the discharge-opening of -the spout and to provide amarginal passage for the oil.

As indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the cam portion of the spout maybe formed by a separate sleeve 18, or, as in Fig. 5, the spout may beprojected through the nipple and cut at an angle to provide an integralcam portion.

What is claimed is 1. An oil-can having a rotatable spout, and anon-revoluble reciprocating cleaning device lying within the spout andin contact therewith, substantially as described.

2. An oil-can havingascrew-threadedopening, a spout having ascrew-threaded portion removably fitted to the opening, and furtherprovided with a cam, and a reciprocating cleaning device connected tothe body of the can, disposed in said spout and adapted to be movedendwise by said cam, when said spout is unscrewed, substantially asdescribed.

3. An oil-can, havinga rotatable spout, provided with aninnercam-termina1,and a cleaning device located within the spout and having aspring connection with the body of the can, and the cam portion of thespout lying in frictional engagement with the spring connection to holdthe cleaning device at its inner limit.

4:. An oil-can, having a rotatable spout, provided with an inner camend, and an endwisemovable cleaning device mounted within the spout andin operative frictional relation to the cam end of the spout, whereby arotation of the spout will move the cleaning deviceIendwise.

5. Anoil-cau,havingarotatablespout,provided with an inner cam end, andan endwisemovable cleaning device mounted within the spout with itsinner end projected through the inner end of the spout, and providedwith a cross-head having a spring connection with the body of the can,said cross-head lying in frictional engagement with the cam end of therotatable spout.

6. In an oil-can, the combination with a rotatable spout, and anendwise'movable cleaning device mounted within the spout, of means formoving the cleaning device in an endwise direction to project the samethrough the discharge end of the spout by a rotary movement of thelatter.

7. An oil-can, having a rotatable spout, provided with a cam inner endlying within the can, and an endwise-movable cleaning-rod mounted withinthe spout with its inner end projected into the body of the can, andbent transversely across the cam end of the spout to form a crosshead infrictional engagement with said cam end of the spout, the free endportion of the cross-head portion being bent into a spring-coil, andthen formed into a shank which is secured to the body of the can.

8. An oil-can having an axially-revoluble spout, a reciprocatingcleaning device in said spout, and connected to said can, and means,operated by said revoluble spout to impart reciprocating movement tosaid cleaning device, substantially as described.

9. An oil-can having a revoluble spout, and a cleaning-rod, securedagainst revoluble movement, said cleaning rod extending through saidspout and bearing against one side of the same, to scrape the interiorof the spout when the latter is rotated, substantially as described.

10. An oil-can having an opening in the top thereof, aninteriorly-screw-threaded nipple fitted in the opening and provided withan outwardly-flared outer end forming a beveled seat, a rotatable spouthaving a screw-threaded portion to fit the screw-threaded nipple, andalso provided with an outwardly and upwardly fiared marginal flange tofit the seat, an endwise-movable cleaning device mounted within thespout, and means for moving the cleaning device bya rotary movement ofthe spout.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK WALL. BRADY W. MOORE. WVitnesses:

J. O. LANGFITT, JAs. P. WALL.

